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D-Index
106
Citations
47577
World Ranking
6455
National Ranking
10

Fernando C. Barros publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fernando C. Barros sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 545 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Fernando C. Barros D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fernando C. Barros sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Fernando C. Barros is affiliated with Universidade Católica de Pelotas in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The researcher's work spans several key topics in health and development, including:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fernando C. Barros include Bernardo Lessa Horta, César G. Victora, Aluísio J. D. Barros, Mariângela Freitas da Silveira, and Iná S. Santos. These collaborations have contributed to a body of work that addresses various public health challenges through epidemiological and clinical research.

Their research has been published extensively in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Revista de Saúde Pública
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Fernando C. Barros are:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Brazil: results from two successive nationwide serological household surveys" (2020), published in The Lancet Global Health
  • "Population-based surveys of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in Southern Brazil" (2020), published in Nature Medicine
  • "Remarkable variability in SARS-CoV-2 antibodies across Brazilian regions: nationwide serological household survey in 27 states" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Effects of early-life poverty on health and human capital in children and adolescents: analyses of national surveys and birth cohort studies in LMICs" (2022), published in The Lancet
  • "Vaccine coverage within the first year of life and associated factors with incomplete immunization in a Brazilian birth cohort" (2020), published in Archives of Public Health

Through these contributions, Fernando C. Barros has documented epidemiological trends and health disparities, focusing on antibody prevalence in the context of SARS-CoV-2 and the broader impacts of social determinants such as poverty on child health outcomes. The research integrates large-scale surveys and cohort analyses, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach that bridges clinical, psychological, and environmental health perspectives.

Best Publications

  • International standards for newborn weight, length, and head circumference by gestational age and sex: the Newborn Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

    José Villar;Leila Cheikh Ismail;Cesar G Victora;Eric O Ohuma;Eric O Ohuma

  • Global Epidemiology of Use of and Disparities in Caesarean Sections

    Ties Boerma;Carine Ronsmans;Dessalegn Y. Melesse;Aluisio J. D. Barros

  • Maternal and child health in Brazil: progress and challenges

    César Gomes Victora;Estela Maria Motta Lima Leão de Aquino;Maria do Carmo Leal;Carlos Augusto Monteiro

  • Association between breastfeeding and intelligence, educational attainment, and income at 30 years of age: a prospective birth cohort study from Brazil

    Cesar G. Victora;Bernardo L. Horta;Christian Loret de Mola;Luciana de Avila Quevedo

  • Mortality risk in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants in low-income and middle-income countries: a pooled country analysis.

    Joanne Katz;Anne C. C. Lee;Anne C. C. Lee;Naoko Kozuki;Joy E. Lawn;Joy E. Lawn

  • Explaining trends in inequities: evidence from Brazilian child health studies

    Cesar G Victora;J Patrick Vaughan;Fernando C Barros;Anamaria C Silva

  • International standards for fetal growth based on serial ultrasound measurements: the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

    Aris T Papageorghiou;Eric O Ohuma;Eric O Ohuma;Douglas G Altman;Tullia Todros

  • Congenital Zika virus syndrome in Brazil: a case series of the first 1501 livebirths with complete investigation

    Giovanny V A França;Lavinia Schuler-Faccini;Wanderson K Oliveira;Claudio M P Henriques

  • Health conditions and health-policy innovations in Brazil: the way forward

    Cesar Gomes Victora;Maurício Lima Barreto;Maria do Carmo Leal;Carlos Augusto Monteiro

  • Risk of childhood undernutrition related to small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries

    Parul Christian;Sun Eun Lee;Moira Donahue Angel;Linda S. Adair

  • ‘Kangaroo mother care’ to prevent neonatal deaths due to preterm birth complications

    Joy E Lawn;Judith Mwansa-Kambafwile;Bernardo L Horta;Fernando C Barros

  • The challenge of reducing neonatal mortality in middle-income countries: findings from three Brazilian birth cohorts in 1982, 1993, and 2004

    Fernando C. Barros;Cesar G. Victora;Aluisio J D Barros;Ina S. Santos

  • Epidemiologia da desigualdade

    Cesar G Victora;Fernando C Barros;J. Patrick Vaughan

  • Epidemiologia de la desigualdad

    Cesar Victora;Fernando Barros;J. Patrick Vaughan

  • Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil: informed decision making, patient choice, or social inequality? A population based birth cohort study linking ethnographic and epidemiological methods.

    Dominique P Béhague;Cesar G Victora;Fernando C Barros

  • Low birthweight, preterm births and intrauterine growth retardation in relation to maternal smoking.

    Bernardo Lessa Horta;Cesar Gomes Victora;Ana Maria Menezes;Ricardo Halpern

  • Impact of breast feeding on admission for pneumonia during postneonatal period in Brazil: nested case-control study

    Juraci A César;Cesar G Victora;Fernando C Barros;Iná S Santos

  • Fatores de risco para suspeita de atraso no desenvolvimento neuropsicomotor aos 12 meses de vida

    Ricardo Halpern;Elsa R. J. Giugliani;Cesar G. Victora;Fernando C. Barros

  • Pacifier Use and Short Breastfeeding Duration: Cause, Consequence, or Coincidence?

    Cesar Gomes Victora;Dominique Pareja Behague;Fernando Celso Barros;Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto

  • The associations of parity and maternal age with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis

    Naoko Kozuki;Anne Cc Lee;Anne Cc Lee;Mariangela F Silveira;Ayesha Sania

Frequent Co-Authors

Cesar G. Victora
Cesar G. Victora Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Bernardo L. Horta
Bernardo L. Horta Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Iná S. Santos
Iná S. Santos Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Aluísio J. D. Barros
Aluísio J. D. Barros Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Ana M. B. Menezes
Ana M. B. Menezes Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Denise Petrucci Gigante
Denise Petrucci Gigante Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Aris T. Papageorghiou
Aris T. Papageorghiou University of Oxford
Pedro Curi Hallal
Pedro Curi Hallal University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephen Kennedy
Stephen Kennedy University of Oxford
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University

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